The Oppressors Are Just As Afraid As The Oppressed. This Is American Fascism — A System That Makes Victims Of Everybody

When we think about oppression, the natural focus falls on those who are suffering: the silenced, the marginalized, the exploited. But what we often overlook is that the very people who maintain oppressive systems are also trapped by them. Fear doesn’t stop at one side of the divide — it circulates through both.

In America today, we are witnessing a form of fascism that thrives on division, mistrust, and control. It convinces the powerful that their dominance is fragile, that any sign of equality or liberation for others is a threat to their survival. In this way, oppressors are ruled by the same fear they use to govern others.

The oppressed live with fear of punishment, deprivation, and violence. The oppressors live with fear of losing control, being outnumbered, or facing retribution. And in this zero-sum game, humanity itself becomes collateral damage.

This is the tragedy of fascism: it creates a system where nobody is truly free. The oppressed cannot thrive, and the oppressors cannot rest. It feeds on paranoia, demanding constant vigilance, loyalty, and sacrifice. Even those who seem to benefit most are left with empty victories, their power dependent on maintaining a cage they can never leave.

The antidote to this cycle is not more fear, but courage. Not more division, but solidarity. If oppression is built on suspicion, liberation must be built on recognition of our shared rights — the understanding that freedom for one is tied to the freedom of all.

American Fascism makes victims of everybody. But it doesn’t have to be this way. When people choose to see each other not as threats but as fellow human beings, we begin to dismantle the architecture of fear. And in that shared courage, both the oppressed and the oppressors can step out of the system that has trapped them.